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21 October 2016

You Were Never Meant to Carry This – Smoother Ride

Greetings Dear Reader,

We all want a smoother ride.
I wrote recently about a smooth ride I had in my twenties. I compare so many things in my mind to that
ride. When it comes to life I do wish
for a smoother ride often.

I wish things were easier.
I complain about the things I dislike and too often want a path of least
resistance. That is not what the world
is. The world is a hard fallen place
where those who seek to do what is right will find opposition.

The one we follow did not have a smooth ride. When we show love and kindness it does not
make the ride smoother. We validate between joy and sorrow through the
fleeting moments that speed by at the never wavering speed of time. The only thing that survives is the love we
give.

We ignore the need for sacrificial love in hopes of a
smoother ride. We try to control things
to make the journey easier. We manipulate
others, choose wrong paths, and carry what we should not in hopes of a smoother
journey.

The path is the path.
The road is the road. We cannot
make it smoother but we can endure the journey and even prosper in it. We will be carried when necessary.

What we need to do is not carry the things that make the
journey harder but focus on carrying each other. We need to help each other through the rough
patches without hesitation.

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”